This is an analysis of The Two Desires by Robert Laurence Binyon.
What is the spirit's desire,
Sprung, springing, singing,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: AbccaXbddaeeeddaabXXbbbdXd Aadddaddfaaggfchfchh
- Stanza lengths: 26,20,
- Metre: 10010010 11010 10110010011010 01010001010010 010110010 10010100 100110 0110110111 1001010111 01011101110 010111 01010001 1101001 1001001 011101 11010 1001110 111101001110 011001 00100110 1101110 1010110101 1001101 1110001 10100 010101 10010010 1010010 010010100101 100100101001 11011111 100110010010 11001001110 1101111011010 110000011001 0100101001010 11110101010 11011100111 001010110111 010100111101 0110011001 01011101111 11001010101 0100101 0101 11
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 2
- Lines: 46
Repeated words/phrases
and, than
Epiphora
lose
Anadiplosis
lose